Start your romance (easy process)

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 A simple trick: how to start writing, come up with a plot, plan the first chapter and write it.  I looked at the reception translated by Sergey Toronto, reworked it a bit for myself, and I enjoy using it myself and am sharing it with you.  Link to the original in English at the end of the post.

 * You must have the main character, without it almost nothing will work.
  
 This trick has three steps:
 
 1. We generate ideas of history
 2. Create a sketch of the story
 3. We write the first chapter


 1. We generate ideas for history
 We rely on the main character, your favorite genre / subgenre and create storylines that are interesting to us.

 Choose any plot from the list and use it, if stuck - choose the next one.  Imagine this is a brainstorm and let your imagination run wild.

 50 simple stories:

 1. Monster Hunt

 2. Turn into a monster

 3. Departure on a trip

 4. The poor become rich

 5. The rich become poor

 6. Good becomes bad

 7. Bad becomes good

 8. Thirst for revenge

 9. Saving something / someone

 10. Reincarnation

 11. Government / society pursues a hero

 12. The hero attacks the government / society

 13. Loss of freedom

 14. Gaining freedom

 15. Escape from slavery / prison

 16. Craft Learning

 17. Winning the competition

 18. Recovery

 19. Education

 20. Survivors

 21. Gaining fame and glory

 22. Investigation of the mystery

 23. Hiding from the police or justice

 24. The game of survival

 25. Tests

 26. Unrequited love

 27. Unhappy lovers

 28. Partners in the crime

 29. Abduction / Redemption

 30. The formation of the family

 31. Growing up

 32. Generations / Legacy in the Family

 33. Survival in the wild / apocalypse / disaster

 34. From the love of hate

 35. From hatred of love

 36. Enemies become friends

 37. Friends become enemies

 38. Love triangle

 39. Super Abilities / Mutation

 40. Groups / rivals at war

 41. Home Search / Homecoming

 42. Converting to human

 43. Completion of the mission

 44. Undercover work

 45. From happiness to tragedy

 46. ​​From tragedy to happiness

 47. Outcast

 48. Creating an ideology / religion

 49. Starting a business

 50. Understanding the meaning of life

 2. Make a sketch of the story
 Choose a plot idea?  Fine!  Now we will reveal the idea of ​​history.  Do not try to make hundreds of scenes, plot branches and lots of details.  To simplify our task is to understand where to go next.

 Answer the questions:

 - Where should my story begin?

 - How should it end?

 - Identify the five main scenes that must happen for the story to begin and end.

 Do not rush, think things over well.  Write down all the options that come to mind.  Disable internal criticism.
 Choose the best options in your opinion and work with them.
 You now have a story plan.

 3.We write the first chapter
 Do not rush to start the chapter with the first scene that was invented in the second stage.  Mentally rewind time back to two or three scenes before the first scene begins.

 Start recording what is happening.  When you reach the official first scene, you will already be in the stream, understand the characters, will know better the plot and setting.

 When the time comes for editing, just delete the unnecessary preliminary scenes or leave it up to you.

 Good luck

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